😂loved your video, born and raised, and SouthTexas a lot of truth, and what you said😂😂😂… also been to Progreso pretty safe I have always been a scaredy-cat to go into Reynosa Tamaulipas but yes, you’re right my family took me to Progresso I felt safe
An RGV native here! If there is something we look forward to down in the Rio Grande, it’s the arrival of our “Winter Texans” as we call them! We love seeing you guys here and appreciate everyone who continues returning to The Valley even though it’s not the prettiest at times and on some days gets very windy. (We also don’t enjoy the strong wind haha) Loved your video, and hope to see you soon again! And to everyone who is considering visiting, please do!
Would love to know more about RGV, we just want to live somewhere more tropical than Houston and with our business we can't really live in Florida, Costa Rica, or Puerto Rico very easily. The 6 hours back and forth is already a stretch. I see that some areas are USDA zone 10 and that's what we are after, although I see there is much less rainfall down there and I wonder how polluted the irrigation channels are. Since we are stuck in Texas, we figured the RGV would make the most of it, but we are international and don't know anything about Texas - Mexican - Tejano etc culture , but we don't mind being outsiders for a little while
I am currently in Pharr because of a traveling assignment. I love it. People are nice. It's very safe. Low cost of living... I will definitely be back again.
I truly enjoy watching your videos. Your channel is the first place I look for information. As new RV'ers, we have learned so much that we have the confidence to try things that we would never would have attempted before. Thanks for everything you have done to keep us heading in the right direction! We know that you have recently become aware of some health challenges. We wish you the best of luck for a full and speedy recovery.!
There is no one else, that I have found, that is showing the kind of things you are showing. I plan to buy a Thousand Trails pass and live this same lifestyle. So, it is REALLY helpful to see these videos. Thank you for all your work putting them together. :)
Thank you so much Christine. We're glad it was helpful. I wish we could do more video's more often but yeah they are timing consuming to do. We're going to try to better though.
I enjoyed your video I was born in Weslaco texas left in 1967 and live in San Diego .ca, I was planning on visiting padre island , I have a lot of fond childhood memories about padre island. I have not been to Texas for 54 years and I am glad you mention that there lot of rv resorts because we are planning to take our rv.
We were talking to a fella the other day who also used to go to Padre Island many, many years ago. He went their again the other day and he couldn't believe how much it had changed. After 54 years I suspect your experience will be the same. 💕
Hi Martin and Joanie, as commenter #100 it's official; we all like what you're doing. All 100% of us 😉. I've just started to consider this as a future lifestyle. Thank you guys for sharing your experiences with all who only dream of doing some of the same. 🙂👍
Found your video very helpful. We are visiting friends in a few weeks that go to Pharr each winter, to ck out RGV area for our retirement in 2020! Great info. Thanks
Am using my wifes' email. We winter in Mission Texas for the past 5 years. Really enjoyed your video about Mission and Progresso Mexico. We went to Mission for a 2 week visit and have been spending our winters since. A great place to spend our winters in our retirement.. Great video.
Great information, I never had heard of RGV before I saw this video. Sounds like a neat place to spend the winter in an RV without a huge budget. Thank you.
Martin, you and your beloved are great together and my wife & I loved hearing of your great adventure down in RGD, it will give us great comfort to know where to stay in the winter months, once again we appreciate you and your love one for taking the time to share your tips and adventures. God Bless from Louie & Lisa.
I live in the RGV, thanks for an honest review. Claytons is a fun place to hang out, but the food is horrible. Did you guys get a chance to check out WesMer? It’s a drive in movie theater in Weslaco.
hey guys I love the vid , Not only are we still in lockdown here in Australia but I was ran over by a Meth Affected driver in February so had a new knee 4 weeks back Painful as heck , (I`m only 55) your vids are keeping me sane ,, Thank you so much .. OH WE PLAY EXTREME BOTCIE we throw them steel balls ant and one that winged and wines all day ,,,, It fixes them good ,,,, You make me smile man ,,,,,,, R.J.T Traveling (soon ) down the east coast of Australia ,
It's always the innocent that gets hurt by these addicts, OH and people text and drive. Jeeze. Sure hope your knee get well soon. That must really suck. And yes, I love BOTCIE Ball. That was so much fun.
Hey there! Just stumbled on your video and wanted to say hello. We actually own a park model one block over from where you filmed this! Love the RGV and Victoria Palms. My husband and I are born and raised Buckeyes, spending our summers in Ohio and winters in RGV. If you return to Victoria Palms hope we meet you two! Enjoy your travels.
We enjoyed your video!! I want to experience that area when I hit the road!! I plan on doing Thousand Trails also as I did a yr pass and loved their campgrounds my fav being Conroe!! I am just doing the down sizing an getting my kiddo ready for college !! Blessed Travels!! Waving from Dallas area!! Lauralie
We had reservations at Bay View in Rockport for the winter, then Hurricane Harvey hit and changed everything. We still went to Texas without any plans other than visiting my daughter in Fort Worth. When the weather took a nasty turn we didn’t know what to do or where to go so we decided to head for the coast. We ended up staying a month in Bay View. The park was destroyed by the hurricane as was the entire town of Rockport. I never realized the damage a hurricane could do. We met some great people there but it wasn’t very nice. Blue tarps on every roof, most of the businesses closed, and piles of debris everywhere. We still liked the area though and decided to return the following winter. This time we stayed in Aransas Pass. It was a wonderful winter with a lot of nice people and we hope to go back again someday.
Joanie and I have been to Rockport many times BEFORE Harvey. Beautiful place. MY neighbor right behind us here in our winter spot in RGV, had just put a brand new $92K 5th wheel in a permanent spot there in a RV park. Had it delivered. He didn't have a truck. 5 days later Harvey hit and literally everything was gone. The whole park and everything in it was gone. Insurance paid him, no questions asked. Sad 😂 Ya, some hurricanes can be really scary. I've been thru 4 of them and 2 Tropical storms. Harvey and Allison were the worst of all of them all....and it was all about the rain.......and lots of it. Takes years to get back to somewhat normal.
Thanks so much, Martin and Joanie! We are currently in RGV, first time, and like you staying in the Encore Parks with our Adventure membership. Haven’t gone to Mexico, yet, but your video has given me the courage to do so. Wondering if you found the vendors easy to negotiate price with? Have heard prices are almost always negotiable.
Great video. We are here in RGV for our first winter and really would love recommendations on restaurants especially the Mexican restaurant you mentioned in the video!! 🌮🌮
Well there's 300 parks down here in RGV but yeah, we stay in Encore parks because that's covered within our Thousand Trails membership which is 2 weeks in for free and one week out we pay $20/night. Then rinse and repeat. We use Country Sunshine & Southern Comfort USUALLY for our out week, but as far as our 2 week free stays, it just really depends on what you want to do. Each part is different, has different amenities, activities, and so on, so it's hard to say "what's the best or the top 2". Hope this helps some.
LivingOurDreamNow we just came home from RGV,,,,, we bought a lot at Llano Grande in Mercedes. The dues there are 200 a month. Watch their video on their website.
Hi Martin and Joanie, we just arrived in RGV yesterday and was wondering the name of that local authentic Mexican restaurant? This is our first time here. Hope you are doing well
Another great and informative video guys, thanks. If you had to pick one, what would you say was the best Encore park you stayed at in RGV. The reason I ask is that the wife and I are thinking about a trip down the second half of October first of November time frame. We also have the trails collection and would like to visit Mexico.
Very good info on TT/Encore. What you did seems a very good way to start a full time life. Like you guys, we are not keen on running all over our first year. The past two summers we have stayed in an Elks campground at a lake here in New Mexico. We will continue to do that. That is May thru Sept. The RGV sounds perfect[except for that #@&$% wind] for our first winter trip. If you could expound on the one week out of TT as far as cost and reservation plans and so forth would be most appreciated. I like your guys easy common sense approach to things. Thanks
So first of all there is no actual TT parks down in RGV. But we do have the additional Trails Collection along with our Elite TT membership.These together, allows us to stay in an Encore Park for 2 weeks free. But then we use our Encore Membership which is included in our TT Elite membership package to pay for one week out which is on average $150/wk. Then we go back to our Trails Collection for another 2 weeks at a different Encore Park for Free. Rinse & Repeat. There is a learning curve to utilizing TT, Trails Collection and Encore to make this all work. All TT memberships are not created equal. Do you due diligence.
RVstreet what would the approx. amount per month be for the TT membership with the trails and elite Add ons? I’ve received offers from TT but I don’t recall seeing these options. Thanks
It is a very strong probability we will be going to RGV every winter from here on out. We totally enjoyed our time there. Who knows we might bump into each other in one of the parks in 2022 👍
RGV has been very different this year. Usually there are a lot of Canadians here but hardly any this year. The parks down here in RGV are practically empty this year because of all what's going on around the country.
Thanks for the Great Info, We really enjoyed all the info. Just curious, what was the name of the RV Park you settled into? Thanks Again! Michael and Kathy
We have been to that park! The horn blows from one side of the park to the other across the back What is your view on the up-grades to the TT's package?
Well, it depends on what package you have now. We have some friends who have the Ultimate Odessey Package and they can currently book 180 days out and can stay 28 days per booking. But if they bought this latest upgrade, they still could book 180 days out but each stay drops to 21 days per booking. But then they gain the ability to go to Encore Park to Encore Park without having to pay out their out week. But they would still have to buy the Trails Collection if they wanted full access to all those other Encore Parks and that is another $299/yr. We have the Elite Basic Package. They only sold this package for 2yrs. We can book 120 days out, 21 day stays per booking, but we have Encore included which means we can go to Encore to Encore parks but we have to pay for our 1 week out which is usually $20/night. Most TT packages do not have this option. But we still have the option to buy the Trails Collection too if we want to broaden the amount of Encore Parks availability. Now for this traveling season coming up, we decided not to buy that option. We won't need it for our travel plans this year. So what I'm saying is, doing this upgrade may or may not be better. It really depends on the way you travel and what kind of package you have now. You may gain some things but then lose some too. For us....we decided it was too much money for what you get and what we have is just fine and fits our plans, so we didn't upgrade. Hope this helps.
We are in the RGV as well and love it here. We are in a community in Mission in our 5th wheel and are really enjoying our 2nd year here. Interesting way to use the TT/TC membership. I'm not a big fan of moving every 2 weeks though. Using the term 'breeze' is a real joke here. I'm pretty sure I have seen Dorothy and Toto fly by on a couple occasions
I'm from Alton a little city just outside mission. I'm glad you like it there. I'm currently in Minnesota working but try Don Felipe or Taqueria Mary's for great Mexican food on 5mile line & La Homa you won't be disappointed
I probably won’t get an answer to this since this was nine months ago, but I just recently found your videos and I’ve been trying to watch as many as I could, my question is with 1000 trails membership down in Texas did you have to have reservations for all of the parks ahead of time?
Yes. We have an Elite Membership and we can make reservations 120 days out with TT Parks and 60 days out with Encore Parks. Texas TT Parks are all mostly real busy year round and especially during your summer and big holidays like Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day. If you don't have advanced reservations for any of those, you are not going to get a spot 99% of the time. It's pretty much like that anywhere you go. Peak seasons high volume of people, off season usually more sites available. But again to answer you question, yes we always make reservations way in advance. Thanks for your question Barb
Thank you for the very informative video. Did you winter in Texas during COVID? My hubby & I are really wanting to winter where it is warmer. You both answered a lot of my questions.
Did you join both thousand trails and encore and do you have the elite package? Also on your week out we're those campgrounds close by and what was the approximate costs?Thank you very much for your answers.
Yes, yes and yes but our Elite package isn't like most TT memberships. It was only available for two years. no longer available. Our out weeks were close by. Lots of Encore Parks down in RGV. Cost/wk. to us....was about $160 give or take.
If you'd like to learn more about spending the winter in RGV (Rio Grande Valley) or the RV site that we bought you can see those video's here: th-cam.com/play/PLkQXtMp9xodQdqLSJPiAP63PScbgpCAzz.html
I live in the RGV, thanks for an honest review. Claytons is a fun place to hang out, but the food is horrible. Did you guys get a chance to check out WesMer? It’s a drive in movie theater in Weslaco.
😂loved your video, born and raised, and SouthTexas a lot of truth, and what you said😂😂😂… also been to Progreso pretty safe I have always been a scaredy-cat to go into Reynosa Tamaulipas but yes, you’re right my family took me to Progresso I felt safe
An RGV native here! If there is something we look forward to down in the Rio Grande, it’s the arrival of our “Winter Texans” as we call them! We love seeing you guys here and appreciate everyone who continues returning to The Valley even though it’s not the prettiest at times and on some days gets very windy. (We also don’t enjoy the strong wind haha)
Loved your video, and hope to see you soon again! And to everyone who is considering visiting, please do!
Thanks Sabi. Ya we love being a Winter Texan. We stay in Mission so it's not nearly as windy there as it is in Harlingen or east of there.
Would love to know more about RGV, we just want to live somewhere more tropical than Houston and with our business we can't really live in Florida, Costa Rica, or Puerto Rico very easily. The 6 hours back and forth is already a stretch. I see that some areas are USDA zone 10 and that's what we are after, although I see there is much less rainfall down there and I wonder how polluted the irrigation channels are. Since we are stuck in Texas, we figured the RGV would make the most of it, but we are international and don't know anything about Texas - Mexican - Tejano etc culture , but we don't mind being outsiders for a little while
I am currently in Pharr because of a traveling assignment. I love it. People are nice. It's very safe. Low cost of living...
I will definitely be back again.
My hometown is Mission Tx, love it in the winter 💕
I love Mission and the music that is everywhere during the winter.
This video helped a lot and answered some worries we had, like where to winter in Texas. Absolutely helped us. Cheers
This is by far, the best review of the RGV, I have seen. Thank you.
I truly enjoy watching your videos. Your channel is the first place I look for information. As new RV'ers, we have learned so much that we have the confidence to try things that we would never would have attempted before. Thanks for everything you have done to keep us heading in the right direction! We know that you have recently become aware of some health challenges. We wish you the best of luck for a full and speedy recovery.!
My wife and I watched this. Lots and lots of useful info. Thanks.
There is no one else, that I have found, that is showing the kind of things you are showing. I plan to buy a Thousand Trails pass and live this same lifestyle. So, it is REALLY helpful to see these videos. Thank you for all your work putting them together. :)
Thank you so much Christine. We're glad it was helpful. I wish we could do more video's more often but yeah they are timing consuming to do. We're going to try to better though.
I enjoyed your video I was born in Weslaco texas left in 1967 and live in San Diego .ca, I was planning on visiting padre island , I have a lot of fond childhood memories about padre island. I have not been to Texas for 54 years and I am glad you mention that there lot of rv resorts because we are planning to take our rv.
We were talking to a fella the other day who also used to go to Padre Island many, many years ago. He went their again the other day and he couldn't believe how much it had changed. After 54 years I suspect your experience will be the same. 💕
Yay! I'm the 600th one to "like" 👍your video! Great stuff!
I have really enjoyed your videos and your insights. They are very helpful.
Hi Martin and Joanie, as commenter #100 it's official; we all like what you're doing. All 100% of us 😉. I've just started to consider this as a future lifestyle. Thank you guys for sharing your experiences with all who only dream of doing some of the same. 🙂👍
Thx Kelly.
Glad you like what we're doing and to have you aboard.
Found your video very helpful. We are visiting friends in a few weeks that go to Pharr each winter, to ck out RGV area for our retirement in 2020! Great info. Thanks
Thanks Kathy. Who knows maybe we'll run into ya.
Am using my wifes' email. We winter in Mission Texas for the past 5 years. Really enjoyed your video about Mission and Progresso Mexico. We went to Mission for a 2 week visit and have been spending our winters since. A great place to spend our winters in our retirement..
Great video.
Thank You sir.
Excellent presentation. Thank you for sharing!
Great information, I never had heard of RGV before I saw this video. Sounds like a neat place to spend the winter in an RV without a huge budget. Thank you.
Ya we love it there.
winter down here is like summer lol
im from Edinburg🔥🔥born in mcallen😁😁
I know right. Last year Joanie & I were at the pool in mid Jan. 85º and working on our tan. Ya baby!
I live in Weslaco and born in Weslaco
@Derpey Slurpey have you ever been to WESMER
Martin, you and your beloved are great together and my wife & I loved hearing of your great adventure down in RGD, it will give us great comfort to know where to stay in the winter months, once again we appreciate you and your love one for taking the time to share your tips and adventures. God Bless from Louie & Lisa.
Thank you so much you two. 🙏
I live in the RGV, thanks for an honest review.
Claytons is a fun place to hang out, but the food is horrible.
Did you guys get a chance to check out WesMer? It’s a drive in movie theater in Weslaco.
hey guys I love the vid , Not only are we still in lockdown here in Australia but I was ran over by a Meth Affected driver in February so had a new knee 4 weeks back Painful as heck , (I`m only 55) your vids are keeping me sane ,, Thank you so much .. OH WE PLAY EXTREME BOTCIE we throw them steel balls ant and one that winged and wines all day ,,,, It fixes them good ,,,,
You make me smile man ,,,,,,, R.J.T Traveling (soon ) down the east coast of Australia ,
It's always the innocent that gets hurt by these addicts, OH and people text and drive. Jeeze. Sure hope your knee get well soon. That must really suck. And yes, I love BOTCIE Ball. That was so much fun.
Hey there! Just stumbled on your video and wanted to say hello. We actually own a park model one block over from where you filmed this! Love the RGV and Victoria Palms. My husband and I are born and raised Buckeyes, spending our summers in Ohio and winters in RGV. If you return to Victoria Palms hope we meet you two! Enjoy your travels.
We enjoyed your video!! I want to experience that area when I hit the road!! I plan on doing Thousand Trails also as I did a yr pass and loved their campgrounds my fav being Conroe!! I am just doing the down sizing an getting my kiddo ready for college !! Blessed Travels!! Waving from Dallas area!! Lauralie
Hey Lauralie, waving back at atcha. Yeah Conroe is our home park as you know. If you're down here look for our coach. We would love to meet ya.
We had reservations at Bay View in Rockport for the winter, then Hurricane Harvey hit and changed everything. We still went to Texas without any plans other than visiting my daughter in Fort Worth. When the weather took a nasty turn we didn’t know what to do or where to go so we decided to head for the coast. We ended up staying a month in Bay View. The park was destroyed by the hurricane as was the entire town of Rockport. I never realized the damage a hurricane could do. We met some great people there but it wasn’t very nice. Blue tarps on every roof, most of the businesses closed, and piles of debris everywhere. We still liked the area though and decided to return the following winter. This time we stayed in Aransas Pass. It was a wonderful winter with a lot of nice people and we hope to go back again someday.
Joanie and I have been to Rockport many times BEFORE Harvey. Beautiful place. MY neighbor right behind us here in our winter spot in RGV, had just put a brand new $92K 5th wheel in a permanent spot there in a RV park. Had it delivered. He didn't have a truck. 5 days later Harvey hit and literally everything was gone. The whole park and everything in it was gone. Insurance paid him, no questions asked. Sad 😂
Ya, some hurricanes can be really scary. I've been thru 4 of them and 2 Tropical storms. Harvey and Allison were the worst of all of them all....and it was all about the rain.......and lots of it. Takes years to get back to somewhat normal.
Thanks so much, Martin and Joanie! We are currently in RGV, first time, and like you staying in the Encore Parks with our Adventure membership. Haven’t gone to Mexico, yet, but your video has given me the courage to do so. Wondering if you found the vendors easy to negotiate price with? Have heard prices are almost always negotiable.
Ya you can negotiate some. Depends on the vendor and what they're selling.
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Great video. We are here in RGV for our first winter and really would love recommendations on restaurants especially the Mexican restaurant you mentioned in the video!! 🌮🌮
Thanks for the great information. Since you've stayed at several Encore resorts in the RGV, what are the top two you recommend? Much appreciated.
Well there's 300 parks down here in RGV but yeah, we stay in Encore parks because that's covered within our Thousand Trails membership which is 2 weeks in for free and one week out we pay $20/night. Then rinse and repeat.
We use Country Sunshine & Southern Comfort USUALLY for our out week, but as far as our 2 week free stays, it just really depends on what you want to do. Each part is different, has different amenities, activities, and so on, so it's hard to say "what's the best or the top 2". Hope this helps some.
LivingOurDreamNow we just came home from RGV,,,,, we bought a lot at Llano Grande in Mercedes. The dues there are 200 a month. Watch their video on their website.
Hi Martin and Joanie, we just arrived in RGV yesterday and was wondering the name of that local authentic Mexican restaurant? This is our first time here. Hope you are doing well
Long time ago, don't remember. Sorry 🥲
Very nice content as usual.
We’re coming down to check out the 9 encore parks in February
We have Elite connections TT and look forward to exploring
Well...look for our coach since you know what it looks like now. You'll have a good time in RGV.
Another great and informative video guys, thanks. If you had to pick one, what would you say was the best Encore park you stayed at in RGV. The reason I ask is that the wife and I are thinking about a trip down the second half of October first of November time frame. We also have the trails collection and would like to visit Mexico.
Without a doubt Victoria Palms.
@@RVstreet Thank you so much Martin.
Very good info on TT/Encore. What you did seems a very good way to start a full time life. Like you guys, we are not keen on running all over our first year. The past two summers we have stayed in an Elks campground at a lake here in New Mexico. We will continue to do that. That is May thru Sept. The RGV sounds perfect[except for that #@&$% wind] for our first winter trip. If you could expound on the one week out of TT as far as cost and reservation plans and so forth would be most appreciated.
I like your guys easy common sense approach to things. Thanks
So first of all there is no actual TT parks down in RGV. But we do have the additional Trails Collection along with our Elite TT membership.These together, allows us to stay in an Encore Park for 2 weeks free. But then we use our Encore Membership which is included in our TT Elite membership package to pay for one week out which is on average $150/wk. Then we go back to our Trails Collection for another 2 weeks at a different Encore Park for Free. Rinse & Repeat. There is a learning curve to utilizing TT, Trails Collection and Encore to make this all work. All TT memberships are not created equal. Do you due diligence.
RVstreet what would the approx. amount per month be for the TT membership with the trails and elite Add ons? I’ve received offers from TT but I don’t recall seeing these options. Thanks
I'm hooked.
Great video, the best RGV video description I've seen.
We're coming down for our first winter in 2022.
Thanks
It is a very strong probability we will be going to RGV every winter from here on out. We totally enjoyed our time there. Who knows we might bump into each other in one of the parks in 2022 👍
Try Pepe’s on the Rio Grande if it’s still open, great food, music, drinks & dancing. 👍😉
We just flew home from the RGV...... we bought a lot at Llano Grande. 😂😍🥰
We've been there. That's in Weslaco isn''t it? That's big park.
RVstreet Mercedes
Www.llanogranderesort.com
@@craigandlisao9736 Ah yes, Mercedes. Couldn't remember what town but we have been there. Watched last years super bowl there with a bunch of folks.
I’ve been intrigued by RGV although we always go to Florida, we may mix it up
RGV has been very different this year. Usually there are a lot of Canadians here but hardly any this year. The parks down here in RGV are practically empty this year because of all what's going on around the country.
Thanks for the Great Info, We really enjoyed all the info. Just curious, what was the name of the RV Park you settled into? Thanks Again! Michael and Kathy
We have been to that park! The horn blows from one side of the park to the other across the back What is your view on the up-grades to the TT's package?
Well, it depends on what package you have now. We have some friends who have the Ultimate Odessey Package and they can currently book 180 days out and can stay 28 days per booking. But if they bought this latest upgrade, they still could book 180 days out but each stay drops to 21 days per booking. But then they gain the ability to go to Encore Park to Encore Park without having to pay out their out week. But they would still have to buy the Trails Collection if they wanted full access to all those other Encore Parks and that is another $299/yr.
We have the Elite Basic Package. They only sold this package for 2yrs. We can book 120 days out, 21 day stays per booking, but we have Encore included which means we can go to Encore to Encore parks but we have to pay for our 1 week out which is usually $20/night. Most TT packages do not have this option. But we still have the option to buy the Trails Collection too if we want to broaden the amount of Encore Parks availability. Now for this traveling season coming up, we decided not to buy that option. We won't need it for our travel plans this year.
So what I'm saying is, doing this upgrade may or may not be better. It really depends on the way you travel and what kind of package you have now. You may gain some things but then lose some too. For us....we decided it was too much money for what you get and what we have is just fine and fits our plans, so we didn't upgrade.
Hope this helps.
We are in the RGV as well and love it here. We are in a community in Mission in our 5th wheel and are really enjoying our 2nd year here. Interesting way to use the TT/TC membership. I'm not a big fan of moving every 2 weeks though.
Using the term 'breeze' is a real joke here. I'm pretty sure I have seen Dorothy and Toto fly by on a couple occasions
Totally understand but Joanie & I actually like moving. After about 2 weeks we're ready to move on and meet new folks.
I'm from Alton a little city just outside mission. I'm glad you like it there. I'm currently in Minnesota working but try Don Felipe or Taqueria Mary's for great Mexican food on 5mile line & La Homa you won't be disappointed
I probably won’t get an answer to this since this was nine months ago, but I just recently found your videos and I’ve been trying to watch as many as I could, my question is with 1000 trails membership down in Texas did you have to have reservations for all of the parks ahead of time?
Yes. We have an Elite Membership and we can make reservations 120 days out with TT Parks and 60 days out with Encore Parks. Texas TT Parks are all mostly real busy year round and especially during your summer and big holidays like Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day. If you don't have advanced reservations for any of those, you are not going to get a spot 99% of the time. It's pretty much like that anywhere you go. Peak seasons high volume of people, off season usually more sites available. But again to answer you question, yes we always make reservations way in advance.
Thanks for your question Barb
Thank you for the very informative video. Did you winter in Texas during COVID? My hubby & I are really wanting to winter where it is warmer. You both answered a lot of my questions.
Yes we did.
Have you run across RV parks that had an archery range.
No. But I wish I did. I love archery.
There is an indoor archery range at Point Blank in Pharr, Tx
@@awwm7443 Do you have a name, Address, and a phone number?
Did you join both thousand trails and encore and do you have the elite package? Also on your week out we're those campgrounds close by and what was the approximate costs?Thank you very much for your answers.
Yes, yes and yes but our Elite package isn't like most TT memberships. It was only available for two years. no longer available. Our out weeks were close by. Lots of Encore Parks down in RGV. Cost/wk. to us....was about $160 give or take.
RGV native right here
If you'd like to learn more about spending the winter in RGV (Rio Grande Valley) or the RV site that we bought you can see those video's here:
th-cam.com/play/PLkQXtMp9xodQdqLSJPiAP63PScbgpCAzz.html
Great tip for flapping slide toppers.
Yeah it worked out great. We're always looking for better ways to doing things and addressing issues. Stay safe Mark.
I second that. I’m going to do just that next trip to the beach. Wind damaged one of ours last year down there, this would have prevented it.
Hey, where’s the next video. Like your videos and explanations.
Thank you for the wonderful comments. The next one will be in a couple of days. 😁👍
Our 1/2 Bath Remodel. Have you seem it yet?
Yep saw it. Good job. Always something to do! Thanks for sharing the process.
I own a park in Alamo. If you guys want to come and stay for a week or two on me lmk. I appreciate your TH-cam videos. Thanks, Tim
I leave in rio grande valley rgv
Yep, it's great, cheap place to live. We luv it down here. 💗
my aunt lives in Harlingen! lol
I live in the RGV, thanks for an honest review.
Claytons is a fun place to hang out, but the food is horrible.
Did you guys get a chance to check out WesMer? It’s a drive in movie theater in Weslaco.
No we didn't. But that would of been fun.